18 Apr 2023 | Highlights, News, Strengthening Churches
Kirby is New Strengthening Churches CSD Brian Kirby was elected as the new Strengthening Churches Core Strategy Director at a special business meeting, held 20 March during the IBC’s Ministry Leadership Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. Brian will be taking over from...
19 Aug 2020 | Churches, Highlights, News, Strengthening Churches
An Era Ends “God does not live in temples built by human hands.” (Acts 17:24b) Thursday, 25 June, was kind of a sad day. Not in the sense of unhappiness. More in the sense of melancholy or mourning. As is normally the case when it is time to bid farewell to...
17 Sep 2019 | Core Values, Highlights, Strengthening Churches
Healthy Churches: Four Pillars of Health This post is part of a six-part series, written by a leader within the convention, on our core values. Our core values show who we are and what motivates us. We’ve been focusing on our IBC core values here in the last several...
26 Apr 2019 | Highlights, News, Strengthening Churches
I feel like before I ask you to read my article, I should introduce myself. My name is Barry Cole, and I have the incredible privilege of pastoring Aviano Baptist Church in Aviano, Italy. Also, this past October, I was blessed to begin service as the Strengthening...